' This writ petition relates to the custody of the abductee in a case of offence under Ordinance VII of 1979. The trial Court gave the custody to the A.S.I. Directed him to deliver the custody of the girl to the husband if he could show a genuine Nikahnama. This order was challenged in revision in the Court of Sessions and the learned Additional Sessions Judge directed that the girl be sent to Darulaman. He later directed that the girl be produced before the Magistrate who should direct that the girl be handed over to her father. The learned Additional Sessions Judge relied on the case of Shahida Parveen v. District Judge, Sialkot and another PLD 1980 Lah. 7 in coming to the conclusion that in the circumstances of the case the custody of the girl should be delivered to the father. The present writ petition is directed against the order of the learned Additional Sessions Judge. The learned counsel contends that the learned Additional Sessions Judge has erred in giving the custody to the father instead of the present petitioner whom the woman acknowledged to be her husband.
2. The offence is said to have been committed in respect of the girl in question. Under these circumstances it is safe to give the custody to the father in preference to the husband whose claim to the custody is controverted. The orders of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, therefore, are not improper. His reliance on the case of Shahida Parveen v. District Judge, Sialkot and another PLD 1980 Lah. 7 is not misplaced. Needless to say that the order does not suffer from want of jurisdiction. There is no justification for interference. The writ petition is, therefore, dismissed in limine.